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Benfica and Napoli play at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) in a UEFA Champions League match (Group Stage). The record of recent direct confrontations favors the visiting team, which in the last 2 matches has won 2.
Benfica
After 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the home team is currently in 1st place with 8 points earned. In the last match, they drew by (3-3) away against Besiktas, after the previous match won by (1-0) at home with Dynamo Kiev. In the last game he played for the Liga Sagres, he lost with the Marítimo away by (2-1). In the last 10 home games Benfica have recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. His attack has been marked with great regularity, since he has always scored at least one goal in the last 5 games in this competition. In his games at home there is a tendency towards goals, since 17 of his last 26 games finished with More of 2.5 goals. The team does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: they managed to score the first goal in 7 of the last 9 matches, of which 7 were in the break in every advantage and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 6.
Benfica are back at home to the UEFA Champions League with the aim of remaining in Group B’s lead, especially as they play against second place, who have the same number of points. In the last round of the tournament, the team went to the home of Besiktas and managed to get out of there with a tie in 3×3. The team already faced Napoli for the second round, in the match that ended the win of the Italians by 4×2. The last confrontation of Benfica happened by the Portuguese Championship, and the Benfica finished defeated outside of house by the Sea by 2×1. For that game, the manager should keep the team in the 4-4-2 or 4-5-1.
Napoli
The visiting team is currently in 2nd place with 8 points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. In the penultimate match, he tied off for Besiktas for (1-1). In the last match, tied at home to Dynamo Kiev by (0-0). The team arrives in this match after a home win with the Internazionale by (3-0). In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Napoli have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 2. Defensive solidity has not been their strong point, having conceded goals in 4 of the last 5 games but their attack has scored With regularity, since he scored goals in 4 of the last 5 games for this competition. In 15 games, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the five games in which he conceded the first goal. In the last 10 away games for all competitions there has been 1 period that stands out: scored 6 of his 13 goals in the minutes (46’-60 ‘).
Napoli enter the pitch for their sixth UEFA Champions League game to try to regain their victory in the tournament as they have not won for three matches and have drawn two straight draws. In the last round, the team obtained an undesirable result when receiving the Dynamo Kiev at home and to remain only in the tie without goals. Before, the team had gone to the home of Besiktas and managed to leave there with a draw in 1×1. In the Italian Championship Napoli has been making a good campaign, occupying the sixth position after having won a beautiful victory over Internazionale by 3×0. For that match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3.
Prediction: Napoli x2 @ 1.60